About Us
"It is rare that so fine a music theater team emerges."
— Regarding Arts
Three-time Emmy nominees Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore are an accomplished composing and storytelling team whose work has appeared on stages and screens around the world. Most recently, they returned as official songwriters for the fifth and final season of the award-winning Amazon Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Their song for the series “Your Personal Trash Man Can” won the 2023 World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song—the first time a composition for television has ever been honored with this award.
Recipients of the prestigious Fred Ebb Award “for excellence in musical theatre songwriting,” Mizer & Moore’s stage credits include commissions from Lincoln Center and the Williamstown Theater Festival as well as residencies with the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, the Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals and the American Music Theatre Project at their alma mater, Northwestern University. Named a Richard Rodgers Award Finalist, their romantic mystery Triangle premiered at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to rave reviews, and went on to receive six Theatre Bay Area Awards including “Outstanding World Premiere Musical.” They are currently working on four new theater pieces, including musicals for Universal Theatrical Group and Michael Cassel Group.
On his own, Curtis’s composition credits include Venice at The Public Theater, Nora Ephron’s Broadway play Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks, Sam Mendes’ acclaimed world-tour of Richard III, Todd Solondz’s film Palindromes, and the 2021 FOX animated series HouseBroken. For more, go to www.trickybox.com. In a “prior” life as an actor, Thomas appeared Off-Broadway, around the country, and on TV in numerous roles, including “Steve” in the original, record-breaking production of Blue’s Clues, Live!. For more, go to www.thomasmizer.com.
Mizer and Moore
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Darius de Haas
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Jenn Colella and Julia Murney
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Adam Halpin
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Phillip Attmore, Jake Corcoran, RJ Higton and Tommy Sutter
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Marnie Nicolella and Megan McGinnis
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Danielle Lee Greaves
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Brian d'Arcy James
Projects
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - SEASON FIVE
The beloved Prime Video series returns for its final bow! Housewife-turned-comedian Mrs. Maisel finds herself closer than ever to the success she’s dreamed of, only to discover that closer than ever is still so far away. Featuring all-new original songs by two-time Emmy nominees Mizer & Moore.
“Your Personal Trash Man Can” is the WINNER of the 2023 World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song; WINNER of the 2023 Astra Award for Best Original Song; 2023 Primetime Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics; 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominee for Best Song—TV Show/Limited Series
“…a musical number that will blow your socks off.” - /Film
“One episode features a sequence of a production onstage that’s complete with three original numbers … and it’s, quite honestly, a total delight.” - Consequence TV
“The new songs from composers Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore (episode four is an absolute musical theater fever dream) continue to raise the bar … their writing only gets more sophisticated with every outing.” - Awards Daily
“Composers Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore have truly outdone themselves with the many songs for this show-within-a-show.” - TV Fanatic
The Music from Season Five album featuring three of our original songs is available on your favorite digital music service and on vinyl now.
The Amazing Mr. X
Love, Lies, and Larceny make for a killer combo in a new musical thriller that’s equal parts Hitchcock and Hadestown. When a mysterious stranger comes to town professing he can communicate with the dead, two sisters must face their darkest secrets and outwit a criminal in their midst. Set in a black & white noir world of fog and tuxes and cheekbones, The Amazing Mr. X is a suspenseful, romantic, deliciously theatrical entertainment with more than just a touch of real magic.
Get more information and listen to songs from The Amazing Mr. X.
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - SEASON FOUR
Amazon’s award-winning hit returns for a fourth season—including more original songs written exclusively for the series by the Emmy-Nominated Mizer & Moore. The 1960s have begun and, looking to hone her act, Midge finds a gig with total creative freedom. But her commitment to her craft—and the places it takes her—creates a rift between her and the family and friends around her.
2022 Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics: “Maybe Monica” from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Winner of the 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song, TV Show/Original Series: “Maybe Monica” from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
“Dan and I have always felt like music is a character and we don’t use it unless it means or says something to the plot… Because we lucked into this amazing musical group, Tom and Curtis, who write our original songs for us, we know that anytime we want to go to that well, anything we want to do, we can pull off.” - Amy Sherman-Palladino in The Hollywood Reporter
“[‘Maybe Monica’] deserves Emmy Gold this season. Mizer and Moore’s music [is] always romantic and transportive, because they clearly love these characters.” - Awards Daily
“…the unsung heroes of the Emmy-nominated Prime Video series no doubt are the musical geniuses behind the original songs for the 1960s-set period piece.” - Indiewire
“The music choices are pitch perfect”. - /Film
“…the delightfully varied tunes of Mizer and Moore are a truly wondrous part of the toe-tapping fabric that makes “Maisel” a saucy TV time capsule….” - Film Music Magazine
Listen to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Music from Season 4, available at all digital music sites (and on old school physical media) now. And sheet music is here, too!
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - SEASON THREE
The smash hit Amazon Prime series returns and hits the road with new sights and sounds around every turn. Rising comedian Mrs. Maisel gets the career opportunity of a lifetime opening for the chart-topping crooner Shy Baldwin, but his world tour proves to be an education for Midge in more than just show business.
2020 Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics: “One Less Angel” from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel by Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore
“Maisel creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino commissioned songwriters Curtis Moore and Thomas Mizer to write brand-new tunes for the show, and the duo delivered big time.” - Playbill
“Shy’s songbook is incredible…” - Salon
“Simply nails the show’s turn-of-the-60’s period.” - LA Times
“…viewers are treated to some amazing original tracks that could easily become hit singles in their own right.” - PopSugar
“‘No One Has to Know’… is romantic, it is melancholic, and, like [all] the additional songs, it’s a knockout.” - The Film Experience
The Original Music from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 3 album featuring all of our original songs is available on every digital music service.
Triangle
Two love stories, set in the same New York City building but a hundred years apart, weave together across the century. Soon, long-buried secrets are uncovered and the ghosts of the past begin to influence the future, in this original romantic mystery. Commissioned by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, World Premiere at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.
“Triangle is astonishingly successful…rich in melody and emotion.” – San Francisco Chronicle
“…a fulfilling and well-crafted musical theater experience with a deep and heart-stirring humanity.” – San Francisco Examiner
2017 Richard Rodgers Award Finalist, winner of 6 Theatre Bay Area Awards including “Outstanding World Premiere Musical” and recipient of 2 SF Bay Area Critics Circle Awards including "Best Production."
The Bus To BUenos Aires
In this haunting one-act inspired by Argentinian guitar music, a disillusioned writer journeys home for a funeral, without knowing which of his three sisters has died. On his long ride through the night, he is visited by visions of his siblings and must play a dangerous game to determine their fates. New York Premiere at Ensemble Studio Theatre.
“....a touching mini-musical.” – New York Times
“The belle of this theatrical ball…an evocative piece in which whimsy and woe are deftly balanced by its talented creators.” – Broadway World
Get more information and listen to songs from The Bus To Buenos Aires.
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